giovedì, novembre 19, 2015

Organizzare il guardaroba

We’ve all been
there: that moment where your wardrobe is literally bursting at the
seams with all the clothes you’ve hoarded and continuously added to
your collection.

The joints are creaking, the doors won’t shut
properly and your clothing is in such a muddle that you can’t even
find anything suitable to wear. This is a very stressful time for any
self-confessed fashion fanatic, so the first step is to remain calm
and collected in the face of such sartorial and organizational chaos.
Organizing your wardrobe may be an arduous task at first but by
clearing your space, you will have a bigger chance of clearing your
head. This will not only help your styling choices but can help you
to gain control over other areas of, let’s face it, our hectic and
busy lives. Here are some ways in which you can turn your clothing
chaos into a sanctuary for beloved fashionable clothing.

Colour
co-ordinate

If you are a very
visual person, organizing your clothes by their colours will help you
to easily keep a track of where everything is. By clubbing your reds,
blues, greens and blacks together in specific colour blocks, you can
go straight for the hue you want to wear without having to wade
through stacks of multi-coloured mess. Plus, you will be creating a
rainbow in your very own wardrobe, which might just be the coolest
thing ever.

Chronological

For those of you
who are of historical persuasions, enjoying timelines, dates and a
clear linear progression, ordering your clothes by when you bought
them might be the way forward for you. The technique is simple: you
simply keep adding your clothes to the right of the last clothes you
bought. You could even add some handy dividers so that you can
designate the year or even month of purchase, ensuring that your
clothes are kept neat and organised. This will also help you when
replacing your clothes back into your wardrobe after use, ensuring
you don’t just throw them anywhere (which we’ve all done form
time to time).

Brands

If you are
serious about your fashion, you may have amassed a mountain of
clothing from a range of specific designers and brands that you may
find beneficial to keep together. Instead of jumbling your Topshop
with your H&M, or your Vivienne Westwood with your Marc Jacobs,
you could turn your wardrobe into a sort of fashion library,
collating your designers into groups on your rail. Designers tend to
use silhouettes and shapes that pertain to a particular aesthetic
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when they’re all grouped together by designer, you can go straight
to the style or label you want without having to rifle through the
multitude of other clothes you also own.

Clear out

As a sentimental
bunch, fashion-conscious people will find clearing out to be the
hardest part of re-organising your wardrobe. There will, invariably,
be clothes in your wardrobe that you won’t need any more: you might
not have worn them in years; they may not have been fashion able when
you first bought them; or they simply may not fit you anymore. You’ve
been in denial long enough and it’s time to take action. Just think
of it this way: you’ll be making way for all the fabulous new
clothes that you’ll suddenly have a lot of space for! Remember,
instead of throwing your clothes into the bin and thereby damaging
the environment (clothes can take centuries to biodegrade thanks to
the synthetic materials used to make them), you can donate your
clothes to a charity shop, they can be recycled at a clothes bank or
you can arrange a clothes-swap with your friends. Don’t just throw
clothes away: be conscious and be cool.